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| TARRANT COUNTY COURTHOUSE Fort Worth TX |
While conducting some legal business at the Tarrant County Courthouse, The Travelling Toe and Dear Friends took the opportunity to look around the historic courthouse. The Travelling Toe was able to take a few shots with the trusty IPhone camera.
The courthouse is located on the site of a military post established in 1849. It is on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. The Fort was named in honor of General William Jenkins Worth, and gave the surrounding town it's name, Fort Worth.
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| General William Jenkins Worth |
The current courthouse is the fifth permanent courthouse and construction was begun in 1893. It is made of red granite in the Renaissance Revival style. It received a complete restoration in 1983.
It has the destination of being a Texas Historic Landmark and is on the National Historic Register as well.
The county was named for General Edward H.Tarrant
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| General Edward H Tarrant |
After passing through security in the main entrance, we found ourselves in the rotunda with 25 foot corridors extending from that central spot. At that center point we began our
self-guided tour of the courthouse
terrazzo floors
beautiful wooden carved stair posts
frescos on the stairwell
staircase curving down or up - as you use them
inset at the landing staircase
staircase scroll work
door plate with the Texas Lone Star
the interior dome has a height of 110 feet from the floor
Since this is still a working courthouse, we saw this sign outside one of the county offices and thought it was funny. It says:
no hats
no shorts
no cell phones
no gum
This sculpture named "Free Legal Advice" is in the middle of the rotunda. It was made by Lex Graham who donated it to the people of Tarrant County in 1983.
The photo is from Mr. Grahams' web site: Lex Graham. He has numerous Western themed art work on his web site.
Below are some shots of the courthouse and the view looking south.
There are some additional photos of the grounds that will be posted in a separate blog.
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